Today's summary
That’s all from me for the night! Here are the latest updates to keep in mind.
- Nancy Pelosi is running for Congress again, but hasn’t said if she plans to remain speaker of the House.
- Biden plans to host auto executives at the White House on Wednesday to advance his plans of increasing environmentally friendly and electric vehicles.
- A New York judge has granted a stay to a ruling against the state’s mask mandate keeping it in place for now.
- A Michigan judge has declined to dismiss charges against five men accused of plotting to kidnap governor Gretchen Whitmer.
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Judge refuses to dismiss case against suspects accused of governor’s kidnapping plot
A federal judge has declined to dismiss charges against five men accused of plotting to kidnap and kill Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer.
US district judge Robert Jonker said in a filing that the suspects’ claims of entrapment and government overreaching a “heavy burden to carry”.
The accused would need to prove government agents induced them to commit crimes and that they were not “predisposed” to commit the crimes charged.
“Defendants fail to carry their burden because the evidence on both issues is decidedly disputed as it almost inevitably is at this stage of the case,” he wrote.
The five men are battling charges while a sixth pleaded guilty and is serving a six-year, federal prison sentence.
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